G
Pain works on a sliding scale
Em
So does pleasure in a candy jail
C                                                        D
True love doesn't come around any more than fate allows on a
G
Monday in Ft. Lauderdale
G

I came all this way to see your grave
Em
To see your life as written paraphrased
C                                                    D
I have tried thee it is written in the furnace of affliction
G
This is what you couldn’t face.


[Chorus]

          C
Life in a candy jail
D
Peppermint bars
G                                           C
Peanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walls
C
Where the guards are gracious
D
And the grounds are grand
G                                      C
And the warden keeps the data on your favorite brands.


[Verse 2]

G
Jelly beans and cookie dough
Em
Country restroom on a radio
C
I got a number on my name
D
It's hard to rise above the shame
G
I'm a branded man made in the mold

G
These terms engulf the waking mind.
Em
Like cherry, grape and lemon-lime
C
Like candy corn and licorice
D
Like bubble gum and Swedish fish
G
It happens to me all the time


[Chorus]

            C
Livin' in a candy jail
D
Peppermint bars
G                                           C
Peanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walls
C
Where the guards are gracious
D
And the grounds are grand
G
And the warden really listens
C
And he understands